Literary Heritage of Classical Islam

Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of James A. Bellamy

Edited by Mustansir Mir, In Collaboration with Jarl E. Fossum

About the Book:

    This Festschrift is offered in recognition of the contributions of Professor James A. Bellamy, distinguished scholar in the fields of Arabic and Islamic studies. The papers in this volume not only pay tribute to him but also reflect the catholicity of his interests. Contents: Epigraphy; Poetry; Scripture, Theology, and Politics; Sira, Bibliography, and Travel Literature; and Miscellanea.

    Contributors include: Jareer Abu-Haidar, Jarl E. Fossum, Adel S. Gamal, Lenn E. Goodman, Nicholas Heer, Th. Emil Homerin, Malcolm C. Lyons, Mustansir Mir, James E. Montgomery, Ian Newton, Wadad, al-Qadi, Franz Rosenthal, Michael Sells, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, A.I. Tayob, and Michael Zwettler.

Part I: Epigraphy

Part II: Poetry

Part III: Scripture, Theology, and Politics

Part IV: Sirah, Bibliography, and Travel Literature

Part V: Miscellanea

Publication date: 1993

Illustrations; bibliography

Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 359 pages

CIP L.C. 93-785

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